It’s also worth noting that this was almost not the page today. I changed the order of the next couple pages a bit. Originally, I was going to have Fara and Jessica leave, but have focus remain on Rain’s party before showing this. At the last second, I looked at it again and felt this flowed a bit better. We’ll get back to Rain next week. Let’s take a moment to learn more about what kind of person Jessica is for now.

March 13th, 2013, 10:57 am

March 13th, 2013, 11:00 am

To be honest if the "something good" *was* Aiken himself that would be incredibly arrogant on his part, after the way he messed her around. If he wanted her back, he should be begging, not acting like he's doing her a favour. But it would be in character. As it is, well I'm intrigued... maybe it shows some shift in his attitude?

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March 13th, 2013, 10:38 pm

Did you decide for Jessica to be Asian-looking from the start?
It's kinda hard to tell since she has her eyes closed in both early appearances.
Was that an on-the-spot decision or did you always plan for her to look like that?

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March 14th, 2013, 2:34 am

It's complicated, actually. Jessica, in her very first "appearance" back in Chapter 4, was not planned to be Asian. Somewhere along the way, between then and her second appearance in Chapter 12, I made that conscious decision (notably, because I noticed how incredibly not diverse the characters' ethnicities are). The fact that her eyes were closed before is actually kind of a coincidence.